"He believes this is down to TV reporting that all the homeless have been put up in hotels, so those left on the streets ‘must be bad people’. He has applied three times to be put into one of the hotel rooms being made available during lockdown but has so far been turned down" https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1260858151265542144
"Francis is a former solider who is long-term homeless. He is an avid reader of poetry and is missing books. He had his benefits cut before lockdown and was told to reapply online. With no phone or access to the internet he was unable to do so."
"Keith saw me on the street taking pictures and called me over and asked me to photograph him. He showed me his tattoo in remembrance of the nightclub Fabric where he said the doorman saved his life when he had a fit outside."
"Connor is 22 & has been homeless on & off since his teens after falling out with his mother. Before lockdown he & a friend joined a rehoming scheme and were offered a flat in Birmingham. The flat was one small room with a single bed in an HMO with no cooking facilities."
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